Latest incidents

Bathing reopened after follow-up analyses confirmed suitable water quality.

Temporary bathing prohibition affecting Playa Grande / María Jiménez and El Charcón following unfavourable microbiological analyses.

Bathing restriction lifted after Public Health communicated that the water was suitable for bathing following a new sample.

Preventive temporary bathing closure in the Punta Brava section after Public Health reported an unfavourable official analysis.

A report published by elDiario.es / Canarias Ahora states that a sample taken on 22 June 2026 at El Charcón detected microbiological contamination by E. coli. According to the published report, Public Health had recommended that the Town Council temporarily prohibit bathing, although the beach remained open during the San Juan celebrations.

Playa Jardin officially reopened after almost a year closed, following improvements to wastewater and sanitation infrastructure and confirmation from Public Health that the bathing water met suitable conditions.

Residents reported a large patch of brown foam and dozens of small dead fish along the Puerto de la Cruz coastline, around the Punta Brava treatment plant and towards Martiánez. The municipality sent local police and technical staff and, in its assessment, attributed the foam to rough sea conditions and the dead fish to catch discarded by a fisherman, without adopting a new preventive bathing measure. The episode occurred while Playa Jardín was already affected by the separate 2024-2025 long-duration closure, and MiCharco records it as an observational report, not as a new confirmed fecal contamination incident.

Puerto de la Cruz established a bathing restriction across the entire Playa Jardín complex after Public Health confirmed that the water was unsuitable for bathing due to wastewater contamination. The measure became a long-duration closure.

Puerto de la Cruz reopened the Playa Grande section of Playa Jardín after the Directorate-General for Public Health confirmed that the new sample showed water suitable for bathing.

The Playa Grande section within the Playa Jardín complex—not the whole complex—temporarily closed after a routine water sample showed altered biological parameters.